October 17, 2010

Everwondered why all creative activity finds its potential in silence?What is thinking? Is it giving time to your mind to express itself, or just a process to browse your mind, or the instinct(popularly known as The Voice of Heart)?

I probably spend far too much time thinking about life. So many nights I have spent thinking - Thinking about various things, feeling sleepy but do not want to sleep- Just staring at my ceiling- thinking of doing something- something other than nothing- about the figures and colors I want to paint those empty canvases with, thoughts of packing my bags and running away towards the mountains, about the musical instruments I would love to learn, lost friends I would want to meet again, or just a weird imagination that if I try to spread my hands would I be able to fly like birds? About many unfulfilled dreams that are the basic cause of thoughts or may be about that charming guy I have always wanted to be with, in the sunset, holding hands!!!

And then spending whole day in making various schemes on how to turn these thoughts into reality. Have you ever had your most constructive thought at night, of how wonderful life could be? There is a strange kind of reality in these thoughts it seems, that give our lives a strange excitement. Remember Santiago, that famous character of the book 'The Alchemist' who believed in his dream so much that he traveled all the way to Egyptian Pyramids in order to chase his dream? It creates a great feeling of passion to turn these dreams into reality.

I am sure, to some extent , these late night thoughts are the basic and the most important reason for the kind of life we lead and are the first step towards achievement, as each thought is a creator of new experience and when we put all our effort to turn these imaginary experiences into reality, life becomes a wonderful journey, I believe. It is an addiction to be lost in the dreams!!!

hey suganda i truely beliv late night thinking is vry mch true n is the first step towards plannig, thought framing...... n thinking out of the box...., it happens so that mind starts ticklling only whn it is really relaxed n is mostly whn we r half a sleep :)) we get up at times frame stratergies....n dream big at times, if late night thinking is channelised with proper decipline n time frame...., it would be the a mirror towards success.

Thinking before going to sleep is good.But we should be careful that it shouldn't be pessimistic or negative thoughts. I have experienced many negatives in my life only due to my negative thoughts before going to sleep.I always was pessimist(not now!!) and would think of how i would fail when starting up a work.That made me nearly spend thrice the energy to finish a work,than it really needs.NEVER EVER BE A PESSIMIST.YOU DON'T GAIN,BUT LOSE DUE TO PESSIMISM.

Hey. Lovely piece of 'thoughtful' writing on late night thinking(or dreaming as you put it). One wishes that a gadget, that captures "thoughts" and replays them next morning, soon arrives. Because more often than not the drudgery of day often erases the thoughts, romantic or otherwise, of the past night.

Simply awesome post.i can relate to a lot of things u wrote.i actually spend many sleepless nights thinking.Thinking hard about life and how better it could have been or how better i can make it to be.

wow! i also have faced similar experiences ...almost every day! but the weird thing is... the more i think the more i get hungry...may be thats coz my brain cells die at a faster rate when I think....just saying! nevermind....you turned the thoughts to words ..... !!

Certainly, Its very true that only at late nights you get all the creative thoughts. May be because your subconscious knows you better than you are. But sleepless nights will be annoying too. Its better to play safe. lol... Nice thought.